Plesiosaurs - Lorelei (Teaser Track)

So my good good friends in Plesiosaurs have recently been ~signed~ to a/s/l records out of Atlantic City, NJ. Since then, they recorded a new EP to be out soon. Overall, they're not tooooo twinkly, but they have tons of riffz all over the place. Plus they have cool gear and are really loud, so they're all good in my book. Their more usual sound is a mix of 90's indie a la Pavement (i.e. "We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat") with some loud more shoegazy parts, maybe? Who knows, who cares? John was a sport and let me post one of their new tracks so I could share their new music with everyone on here! This is, by far, their most twinkly/fitting song for this blog and it rules hard! They're doing a late summer tour and playing a bunch of shows with Deer Friends, so go see them! If you see them, tell them to "go to space"! They'll get it.

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Maps and Atlases - Perch Patchworks

So here's the new Maps and Atlases. I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but I figured I'd post it for people who want it! I'm not going to bother to explain their sound, you should know if you're on this blog!

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Arrows new album teaser

ARROWS 'Try and Stay Upright' album teaser from Hobbledehoy Record Co on Vimeo.

Arrows Try and Stay Upright
LP / CD / Digital - coming soon

Deer Friends summer tour help!

i feel super cheesy for doing this, but who caresss.
so my band, deer friends, is doing a late summer tour and need help booking some shows! here is what we have planned:

-----SUMMER 2K10 TOUR!!!-----
7/30 - New Brunswick, NJ - w/ TBA
7/31 - Boston, Mass - HELP! ***
8/1 - New Haven, CT - HELP! ***
8/2 - Philadelphia, PA - HELP! ***
8/3 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - HELP! ***
8/4 - Frostburg, MD w/ Perfect Future, Jon Felton, more
8/5 - Baltimore, MD/Washington DC - HELP! ***
8/6 - Richmond, VA - HELP! ***
8/7 - Baltimore, MD/Washington DC - HELP! ***
8/8 - Delaware - HELP! ***
8/12 - Piscataway, NJ - w/ Plesiosaurs + TBA
All dates/locations with a *** are tentative and we need help booking them.

we also just posted 3 new unmastered songs from our upcoming full length for everyone to hear! if you can help us at all, we'd be super grateful! you can either message us on myspace or email me at: scottscharinger@gmail.com
thanks!

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Wavelets - Friends Followed By Actions

This is the brand new 4 song EP that they just finished 2 days ago or something. This EP stepped it up even more than their previous stuff and the songs seem way more thought out and more well written. Totally digging the gang vocals in "Diego Perez..." Plus, 3 guitarists?! Alright! They're also booking a small-ish tour of the east coast, help them out if you can! Specifically a Philly, NYC, NJ show that Deer Friends can hop on as well :]

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Duck. Little Brother, Duck!: Survival Is Not A Workout

I know, I know...it's been a while. Luckily Scott has majorly picked up my slack and posted some really cool stuff lately. Yesterday on VLV someone posted this band and I am really majorly into their stuff right now. DLBD (come on dudes...) play music more akin to Faraquet than most of the stuff posted here. It's very easy for me to get bored by most math rock coming out these days but these guys really put a lot of effort on vocals in their songs, which really makes a difference with me. Very melodic and mathy, which usually don't go hand in hand.


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Mirror - Recollection

Japan's Mirror's brand new EP. 4 songs of amazingly good instrumental jams. You know the drill, I'm not going to get into it how good they are! I have no clue where to buy it from not-Japan, I'll leave that up to you!

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Dilute - Grape Blueprints Pour Spinach Olive Grape

Someone sent me this album last night and it is nothing but straight late-90's twinkles the entire album. The songs are pretty repetitive, but it's one of the few albums where I like it because of that. It has very minimal vocals that are really low in the mix and it's a great album to fall asleep to! It kind of reminds me of Don Caballero, but if they were to just take one part of their song and play it for basically the entire time and then slow the drums down by 75% while keeping the guitars pretty fast and noodly. So basically I am saying download this now.

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tooting my own horn

sooooo....
i (scott) have a new band. it's twinkly (shit). 3 dudes, we all sing, has some catchy parts, some twinkly parts, some cowbells...just all around k3wl stuff. we'll hopefully have a couple song ep out by father's day. hopefully.
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Chalk Talk - Killing Spree

Chalk Talk is one of those bands that starts and really quickly get huge. They're definitely more jangly than twinkly, but they got some noodly riffs going on as well. All their lyrics are super goofy/tongue in cheek and seem more just a series of thoughts rather than some thought provoking lyrics, which works really well for them. I mean, who doesn't like a shout along part of "DO YOU LIKE PEANUT BUTTER OR NUTELLA"?! They just put up a new song on their myspace and it's really good. Apparently they have a 7" coming out soon and then later having a split 7" with Ape Up, who also rule hard. Chalk Talk are all really sweet gentlemen, so go see them and say hi. My bands (Deer Friends/Beer Friends) are playing with them on May 22nd, so if you live around where it's going on, go to it! Mostly to see them though...

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